A. The supreme court shall require a background investigation of each applicant for admission to the state bar of New Mexico by means of fingerprint checks by the department of public safety and the federal bureau of investigation.
B. The director of the administrative office of the courts shall obtain from the department of public safety and the federal bureau of investigation, at the expense of an applicant for a license to practice law in the state of New Mexico, criminal history information concerning each applicant, using the applicant's fingerprints or other identifying information. The information shall be used only by the supreme court and the board of bar examiners in determining whether to grant the application, and shall not be disseminated to any other person or agency. The information shall be destroyed after the application is granted or denied.
History: Laws 1997, ch. 198, § 1.
Cross references. — For application for admission to the bar, see 15-104 NMRA.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 34 - Court Structure and Administration
Section 34-2-1 - Supreme court justices; number; election by position; election of chief justice.
Section 34-2-3 - [Seal; power to adopt design.]
Section 34-2-4 - [Depositing and recording facsimile and description of seal.]
Section 34-2-5 - Fees; collection by supreme court clerk.
Section 34-2-6 - Disposition of fees.
Section 34-2-7 - Supreme court law clerks.
Section 34-2-9 - Applicants for license to practice law; criminal history information.
Section 34-2-10 - Supreme court; electronic services fee.
Section 34-2-11 - Supreme court law library.
Section 34-2-12 - Payment of accounts.
Section 34-2-13 - Supreme court law librarian; appointment; duties; bond; prohibitions; fines.
Section 34-2-14 - Unlawful removal of property; penalty.
Section 34-2-15 - Liability for injury to books or property.
Section 34-2-16 - Consolidated appropriation.
Section 34-2-17 - Working interdisciplinary network of guardianship stakeholders; created.
Section 34-2-18 - Working interdisciplinary network of guardianship stakeholders; duties.